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— The interim leader of the federal NDP says that while the door may be shut to the party being granted official status in the House of Commons, he hopes other parties will grant it resources.
Don Davies says that while he has not spoken to Prime Minister Mark Carney, federal New Democrats are having “fruitful discussions” and looking to see what is possible through the Board of Internal Economy, which manages the House of Commons’ resources.
“We’ve already made some progress,” Davies told reporters on Monday...
May 26, 2025 - 16:31 | Stephanie Taylor | National Post
Residents of two areas in northern Alberta are on alert as out-of-control wildfires burn closer and closer to their homes.People living in Swan Hills, roughly 221 kilometres northwest of Edmonton, have been placed under a one-hour evacuation notice as a wildfire burned out of control north of town.
May 26, 2025 - 16:28 | | The Globe and Mail
The Globe asked people who were at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa to see King Charles and Queen Camilla what message their visit sends about Canada's sovereignty.
May 26, 2025 - 16:26 | | The Globe and Mail
OTTAWA – When King Charles III and Queen Camilla first set foot on Canadian soil, the Bloc Québécois was already considering one of its first private member’s bills: making the oath of allegiance to the King optional.
“It’s (Canadians’) party. It belongs to them. We’re not part of that party. You know, there are some who say the King is welcome. I won’t welcome him here,” said Xavier Barsalou-Duval as he was leaving the House of Commons after the election of a new speaker Monday.
Outside, a few kilometres from Parliament Hill, hundreds of Canadians were present to welcome the King...
May 26, 2025 - 16:20 | Antoine Trépanier | National Post
The Ottawa Police Service (OPS), like other police forces across the province, are treated with kid gloves when it comes to public accountability. The OPS receives even less public oversight than other areas of the city. Read More
May 26, 2025 - 16:00 | Peter Hum | Ottawa Citizen
When an aircraft lands at its destination, there are two kinds of people waiting to disembark: those waiting for their aisle’s turn before standing to retrieve luggage and those immediately standing to retrieve their bags from overhead when the seatbelt light turns off.
Effective May 2, those who do the latter when landing in Turkey could be fined.
The country’s ministry of transport introduced the new regulation in response to “a serious increase” in the number of travellers doing so even before the plane had finished taxiing to the gate and with the seatbelt warning still in place...
May 26, 2025 - 16:00 | National Post Staff | National Post
